Health Insurance

Health insurance companies operating in Virginia are presenting their rates before the State Corporation Commission today, Wednesday, July 22. Learn what's driving the increases in individual and small group plans. Listen to it live here, or visit the archives later. https://www.scc.virginia.gov/case/webcast.aspx For more health news, go to www.dailypress.com/health

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Michael Mayo's column "After Obamacare Ruling, Dissent from Past Supporter," illustrates the deficiencies in the Affordable Care Act.
His last sentence, however, points to the solution — if we simply create a Medicare-for-all plan, it could...

— A Supreme Court decision on Thursday upholding subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act brought relief to more than a million Floridians who depend on them to save thousands of dollars on their policies each year.Florida has the...

In a big win for Obamacare and Floridians, the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld subsidies for enrollees who buy health insurance through the federally-run Healthcare.gov website. The ruling means 6.4 million low-income Americans who live in states...

Supporters of civil rights for people living in Florida with HIV/AIDS are applauding the state Office of Insurance Regulation for warning insurance companies not to overcharge patients for drugs in their 2016 federal marketplace plans.The notice, by...

On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court announced a ruling in the case of King v. Burwell, which upholds the subsidies awarded to Floridians who enrolled in coverage through healthcare.gov. Over the last few months, policymakers, health care leaders and...

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court didn't just save health insurance for nearly 1.5 million Floridians. The court saved opponents of the Affordable Care Act from having to offer their own alternative.Had the court invalidated subsidies in states such...

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court Thursday spared the Affordable Care Act from what would have been a death blow.
The Court’s action upholds the right of the federal government to subsidize low-income Americans who purchase health insurance through...

Sometime this month, the Supreme Court is likely to issue its ruling in King v. Burwell — a case that will decide whether health insurance premium subsidies for moderate- and middle-income Americans will continue to be available in all states, or...

Sometime this month, the Supreme Court is likely to issue its ruling in King v. Burwell – a case that will decide whether health insurance premium subsidies for moderate- and middle-income Americans will continue to be available in all states, or...

Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill last week that gives dying patients the right to try experimental drugs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved.
The Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank with libertarian leanings that wrote model...

Republicans in the Florida House want to be clear: They love the state's working poor. That's why they denied them a chance at health insurance.
As Rep. Julio Gonzalez, R-Venice, put it last week, expanding Medicaid would "punish the needy"...

Rick Scott loves to compare Florida to Texas when it comes to jobs. He thinks that the comparison makes Florida look good. The governor, though, never mentions another similarity that makes Florida look bad.
For years, both states have had embarrassingly...

If one looks, one can find reasons for Gov. Scott and the Florida Legislature's reluctance to expand Medicaid at this time.
Perhaps our representatives hear from constituents who believe that a law should apply equally to everyone. The so-called...

As Florida's self-inflicted health care budget crisis goes on and on, Gov. Rick Scott continues to be less and less helpful because he makes less and less sense.
Two years ago, Scott supported Medicaid expansion, to give between 800,000 and 1 million...

In a good-faith effort to break the health care policy deadlock that has immobilized Tallahassee, Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner unveiled a compromise Tuesday. The ink was barely dry on the plan when House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Gov. Rick...

Top Florida senators are offering up a revamped health care coverage plan in an effort to end a stalemate with Republican House leaders and Gov. Rick Scott.
Senate President Andy Gardiner announced Tuesday that the Senate was changing its proposal to...

The Obama administration's offer to extend federal funding for charity care at Florida hospitals for another two years is welcome. It might be enough for state legislators to finish the job of passing a budget and head off a government shutdown when...

The Obama administration's offer to extend federal funding for charity care at Florida hospitals for another two years is welcome. It might be enough for state legislators to finish the job of passing a budget and head off a government shutdown when...

Am I the only person in South Florida who has known people who died because they couldn't afford health care? I doubt it, but we don't share their stories, and that anonymity makes it all too easy for our elected officials in Tallahassee to detach the...

Underlining a change across the nation,nearly 9 out of 10 adults now say they have health insurance, according to an extensive survey released Monday. As recently as 2013, slightly more than 8 out of 10 had coverage. Whether the new number from the...